Pasteurella infection after muraenidae bite in an HIV infected patient

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2013 Jul-Aug;11(4):250-1. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.03.001. Epub 2013 Apr 19.

Abstract

We report a case of Pasteurella dagmatis wound infection in an immunocompromised HIV infected patient after bite by a marine carnivore in Caribbean Sea (Dominican Republic), presumably a muraenidae. Identification of the Pasteurella species from wound sampling was obtained twice by mass spectrometry and confirmed by 16S RNA sequencing.

Keywords: Bite wound; HIV infection; Muraenidae; Pasteurella; Pasteurella dagmatis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bites and Stings*
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Dominican Republic
  • Eels / microbiology*
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Middle Aged
  • Pasteurella / genetics
  • Pasteurella / isolation & purification*
  • Pasteurella Infections / diagnosis
  • Pasteurella Infections / microbiology*
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S